AUBURN, Ala. – The Kent State football team (1-2) fell to Auburn (3-0), 55-16, in a nearly sold-out Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers closed the game on a 41-6 run.
Kent State received the ball to start the game and marched down the field for a 21-yard Matthew Trickett field goal. The Flashes used a 17-play, 71-yard drive in which they converted four third downs.
Auburn scored the next 14 points and took a 14-3 lead into the second quarter. Dustin Crum linked up with Isaiah McKoy on a 53-yard touchdown with 10:47 to go in the first half to pull the Flashes within a score, 14-10.